Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Edward Barron, a ba'kseper of Ports
mouth, was fined $500 yesterday for selling
liquor on Sunday.
The democrats Of Wythe have nominated
Msjor J. S. Crockett for the House of Dele
gates. David H. Porter ia the republican
nominee.
Ground was broken in Lynchburs yester-
day for the Lynchhurg, Halifax and Dur
ham Railroad The road will run from
Lyrchburg to Durham, N. G.
Hon. Fl. r. Pollard has at last consented
to accept the democratic nomination for the
House of Delegates for King and Queen,
and will enter upon the canvass at once.
Tho faculty of the University of Virginia
have been invited to attend the centennial
celebration OF the adoption of the Constitu
ton at Philadelphia, and Chairman Venable
and others will attend.
Gov. Lee will leave Richmond tomorrow
for Philadelphia to participate in the CEN
| tennial celebration of the ratification of the
Constitution, and will respond While there
to one of the toasts to be offered n: the ban
quet
AS Miss Fanny Bell was riding from her
fathers residence into West Point The other
day, her horse became frightened threw
her aud fell upon her. Sue lay in the road
some time, when passing wagon driver
found her and carried her home. 1t is fear
ed she is seriously hurt.
Prof. R. D. Bohannan, assistant professor
of mathematics at the University of Virgin
ia. has accepted the chair of mathematics in
the Ohio State University at Columbus. JAS
S. Miller, at present at the head of the en-
gineering corps of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, succeeds Prof Bohannan.
Mrs. Adeline S. Darlington, wife of Col. ]
l.. Darlington, died at the Exchange Hotel
in Richmond, on Sunday morning, aged
seventy-one years Although she had been
in feeble health for come time her death was
unexpected. Mrs. c. was daughter of the
late Powhatan Jones, of Buckingham coun
ty, and had been married nearly fifty-fVe
years.
As stated in Yesterdays GAZETTE John
M. Carroll, late treasurer of Stanton. re
turned last Saturday. He is recovering
from long confinement from typhoid fever
and slight paralysis of his left limbs. The
previous statement made that he left Staun.
ton because of matters wholly disconnected
from his official duties and obligations is
still adhered to. He will soon be able to
enter upon the investigation of his affairs.
Ga Sunday night fire broke out in a
frame tenement in Berkeley, opposite Nor
folk, caused By the explosion of kerosene
lamp. The house was occupied by negroes
and three small children in the house at
the time made narrow escape with their
lives. The flames spread to two other ten.
ements, which were entirely destroyed, and
also to A. Jacock's wood and coal yard, and
a quantity of coal and wood was destroyed.
The Board of Aldermen of Richmond last
night by vote of to Z, defeated the rec
ommendaton of the finance committee TO
appropriate five thousand dollars to aid the
Lee Monument Association in making prep
arations for laying the corner stone OF the
Lee monument. Several of those who spoke
against tho proposition urged aas s a reason
for doing so that the site of the proposed
monument was outside of the corporate
limits The republicans voted in the mega.
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